I do think poetry needs to invite the reader, especially when there are so many other distractions while reading.
I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness I mi… - David Starkey
I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness I mi…
- David Starkey
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was th… - David Starkey
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was th…
In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it never had before. You took the fact th… - David Starkey
In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it never had before. You took the fact th…
I do think poetry needs to invite the reader, especially when there are so many other distractions while reading. - David Starkey
If you really want people to pay attention to how you feel, you need to express your feelings in language that's worth reading. - David Starkey
If you really want people to pay attention to how you feel, you need to express your feelings in language that's worth reading.
Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate it. If you still like the piece, send i… - David Starkey
Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate it. If you still like the piece, send i…
My biggest poetic influences are probably 20th-century British and Irish poets. So I suppose I'm always listening for the music I associate with that… - David Starkey
My biggest poetic influences are probably 20th-century British and Irish poets. So I suppose I'm always listening for the music I associate with that…
I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for t… - David Starkey
I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for t…
I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon. - David Starkey
I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon.
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